Run-D.M.C. was a pioneering hip hop group uring the 1980s founded by Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell. The group had an impact on the development of hip hop through the 1980s and is credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them number 48 in their list of the greatest ever musical artists of all time. The three members of Run-D.M.C. grew up in the neighborhood of Hollis in the New York City borough of Queens, USA.